MAGA lawmaker calls for Zohran Mamdani's deportation

Daily Mail​

4 hours ago

A far-right MAGA lawmaker has called for NYC 's rising star mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani to be stripped of his citizenship after claiming he is linked to Islamic terrorism. Representative Andy Ogles, of Tennessee 's fifth district, joined the droves of politicians raging against the 33 year-old Muslim, who pulled off a major upset this week to win the Democrat primary ahead of November's New York mayoral election.
'Zohran "little muhammad" Mamdani is an antisemitic, socialist, communist who will destroy the great City of New York,' Ogles wrote on X. 'He needs to be DEPORTED. Which is why I am calling for him to be subject to denaturalization proceedings.' In his letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi, Ogles claimed Mamdani might have 'willfully' misrepresented or 'concealed' his 'support for terrorism' while obtaining his US citizenship.
Mamdani, who is Muslim, was naturalized in 2018 at the age of 26 after moving to NYC from Uganda aged seven. The state lawmaker's parents are Indian and he has said that becoming a citizen was one of his proudest moments. His charisma and slick election campaign have seen him become a darling among progressive Democrats - and a target for some conservative Republicans. However, Ogles claimed that moment shouldn't have happened as Mamdani, who used to rap under the name Mr. Cardamom , had sung about the Holy Land Five.
'My love to the Holy Land Five, you better look 'em up,' he reportedly sang in a 2017 song. The Holy Land Five's foundation was shut down in 2009 after a federal judge in Dallas sentenced the five founders for funding Hamas. The five sent the terrorist group $12million in funding between 1995 and 2004, the Justice Department said. 'Publicly praising the Foundation's convicted leadership as "my guys" raises serious concern about whether Mr. Mamdani held affiliations or sympathies he failed to disclosed during the naturalization process,' Ogles wrote in his letter.
'If an individual publicly glorifies a group convicted of financing terrorism, it is entirely appropriate for federal authorities to inquire whether that individual engaged in non-public forms of support - such as organizational affiliation, fundraising, or advocacy.' Those forms of support would need to be disclosed on Form N-400 on during the citizenship process. He also said that Mamdani has had plenty of opportunity to make his political support clear to Americans and especially New Yorkers while on the campaign trail. Mamdani was constantly asked about Israel and his previous Pro-Palestine support while campaigning for the Democrat nominee slot.
The Democratic socialist has previously said he would arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu if he stepped foot in the Big Apple and has stated he believed Israel had a 'right to exist as a state with equal rights.' Particularly controversial was his use and defense of the phrase 'globalize the intifada.' Intifada is a Palestinian word for struggle, but some Jews and Israel supporters claim it is used to encourage anti-Semitic violence He has faced backlash for his refusal to say Israel should remain a Jewish State and that his first international trip as NYC mayor would not be to Israel. Mamdani stated during a debate that he would stay in New York and focus on city residents.
Mamdani has made it clear he supports Jewish New Yorkers and campaigned in synagogues across the city ahead of the Democrat primary earlier this week. 'While political speech in isolation is not dispositive, in light of earlier expressions of admiration for individuals convicted of supporting terrorism, a troubling pattern emerges that warrants formal scrutiny,' Ogles continued in his call for Mamdani to be thrown out of the country. 'The federal government must uphold public trust by ensuring that citizenship is not granted under false pretenses.'
Mamdani appeared thrilled with recent criticism from President Trump himself and is now seen as a rising star of the Democrat party. If Mamdani wins in the general election in November, he will be the first Muslim and Indian mayor of NYC. Daily Mail has reached out to Mamdani and Ogles for comment. Mamdani ran on a platform that promises affordability to the second most expensive city in the world. He plans to provide free public buses, city-owned grocery stores that will offer cheaper prices, and free universal childcare, among others.
He won the primary on Tuesday, beating out former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, who conceded on election night after only picking up 36.4 percent of the votes. Mamdani garnered 43.5 percent of the first-round votes. New York City uses ranked-choice voting, allowing voters to list up to five candidates on their ballots. Final results for rounds two to five are expected to come in on Tuesday.
Although Mamdani did not officially win the primary - as he would have needed over 50 percent of the votes to do so - it is expected that he will still win after the other rounds are tallied. Cuomo may still run in November's election as an independent, although sources claim he knows he's beaten and plans to take a dignified step back.
Mamdani will face incumbent Mayor Eric Adams. Since his win, President Donald Trump has branded Mamdani as a '100 percent Communist lunatic' and criticized his fellow Democratic socialist endorsers, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders. During a debate, Mamdani promised to be Trump's 'worst nightmare.'